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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 862156" data-attributes="member: 463">Originally posted by KitanaVorr >>As for Willow & Tara, I agree that I always thought Willow was bisexual and was disappointed when she took a complete turn around and forgot the last half of her life in the series.  Its sort of like on TV you can be heterosexual or homosexual but you're not allowed to be bisexual.<<Well said - bisexuality seems to be 'beyond the pale', perhaps even more now than 20 years ago (sexual ambiguity seems to have been big in the '70s) - I wonder if it's something to do with the social impact of AIDs?  Until I read this thread it hadn't occurred to me that it was homosexual-rights groups pushing this, I assumed if anything it was conservative TV networks.>>Personally I think there are more people who are bisexual (closet or otherwise) than there are who are either homosexual or heterosexual mostly because women and men in many cultures around the world don't face the same stigma with same-gender relationships.<<Given that there have been cultures where homosexuality has been the norm (with heterosexual relations relegated to an inferior position), like classical Greece, I would tend to agree that the genetic potential for attraction to either gender probably lies within the majority of the population - I don't think we're genetically much different from the ancient Greeks, even though our culture is.  That's not the same as saying that most people are in actuality bisexual, in a culture with strong social prescriptions most people will be brought up to follow the prescribed line, and that will suit all but a small minority.  In 1950s America that would be to be heterosexual, in modern Californian culture seen on tv it seems you are allowed to be straight or gay, but not bi.>>And while we're on the subject...Asian actors/actresses are seriously underrepresented in American TV as something other than a stereotype or token diversity sidekick. <<I'm sure you're right - there seem to be more now than previously, though.  What I notice most in US tv is the almost total absence of hispanic characters in most tv shows set in Los Angeles, there seem to be more hispanic actors in shows filmed in Vancouver or (especially) New York.</blockquote>

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